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Sony now has more movies and TV shows in development than PS5 games-Michael Beckwith-Entertainment – Metro
The first major PlayStation announcements of the year aren’t any new games, but two movies based on Horizon Zero Dawn and Helldivers 2.
How funny would it be if turned out to be a Lego Horizon movie instead? (Sony)
The first major PlayStation announcements of the year aren’t any new games, but two movies based on Horizon Zero Dawn and Helldivers 2.
2024 was an awfully quiet year for Sony when it came to major new game releases and so far 2025 doesn’t look that much better, with Ghost Of Yōtei the only new first party PlayStation exclusive currently scheduled.
Games such as Insomniac’s Wolverine and Naughty Dog’s Intergalatic: The Heretic Prophet have been announced, but there’s currently no clue as to when they’ll be out.
In the meantime, Sony has decided to kick the year off with a bunch of movie and TV announcements instead, with no less than three projects confirmed during its press conference at CES 2025.
First is a film adaptation of Horizon Zero Dawn, which presumably sprung from the ashes of the cancelled TV show that was meant to air on Netflix. Frankly, a movie always seemed like the more sensible option, given the amount of CGI that would be needed.
PlayStation Productions’ Asad Qizilbash made no mention of the Netflix show while announcing the movie, only saying the film is in the early stages and, like the Uncharted and Gran Turismo film, will be a co-production with Columbia Pictures.
Second is a Helldivers 2 movie (though it’ll probably just be titled Helldivers), which seems ironic because such a movie technically already exists. It’s called Starship Troopers and it released in 1997. If they don’t cast that film’s lead actor, who is a self-purported fan of the game, then what’s even the point?
Sony didn’t have updates on any of the other PlayStation movie projects it has in the pipeline, although it did announce a Ghost Of Tsushima anime series; something that was rumoured to be in development back in 2023.
It’s set to release in 2027 and, unlike the live action movie, which is expected to be a straight adaptation of Ghost Of Tsushima’s main plot, the anime is instead adapting the Ghost Of Tsushima: Legends multiplayer mode, which was more fantastical and featured enemies inspired by Japanese mythology.
Every PlayStation movie and TV show in development
At the time of writing, Sony and its PlayStation Pictures division have no less than seven movie adaptations in development. However, there’s virtually no information on any of them, with only the Until Dawn movie sporting a release date of April 25, 2025. The full list is:
Days Gone
Ghost Of Tsushima
Gravity Rush
Helldivers
Horizon Zero Dawn
Uncharted sequel
Until Dawn
As for TV shows, aside from the Ghost Of Tsushima anime and the second seasons of The Last Of Us and Twisted Metal, God Of War is meant to be getting an adaptation for Amazon Prime.
However, a Deadline report from last October revealed showrunner Rafe Judkins left the project, alongside executive producers Hawk Ostby and Mark Fergus – seemingly leaving the project in limbo.
Sony showed off a new trailer for the second season of The Last Of Us at CES, which will begin airing in April, and shared the first real story details for its Until Dawn movie.
Said movie is meant to be out this April, but next to nothing has been shown of it. Only now do we know that it won’t be a straight adaptation of the original game. Although Peter Stormare will still make an appearance as psychiatrist Dr Hill, who will serve as a ‘connective’ thread between the movie and the game.
You can watch Sony’s CES presentation in full on YouTube. The event has typically never been the place for new game announcements, so anyone expecting Sony to announce a new God Of War or something was always going to be disappointed.
Nevertheless, compared to the 11 movie and TV projects listed above there are, not counting PC ports, currently only four first party Sony games confirmed to be in development: Ghost Of Yōtei, Wolverine, Intergalactic, and live service title Fairgame$.
Others are rumoured, and Sony is planning to publish third party titles such as Hideo Kojima’s Death Stranding 2, but in terms of internally developed games that’s all that’s currently confirmed.
This seems especially strange given that many of the franchises being adapted have not had new entries announced in several years and some, like Days Gone and Gravity Rush, seem unlikely ever to get them.
With any luck, Sony will have more tangible announcements at a future State of Play presentation, although there’s currently no clue as to when that will be.
With this anime slated for 2027, could it be out before the live-action Ghost Of Tsushima movie? (Sony)
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